Further Reading List This list has been compiled to help anyone who is seeking further information on the Cavendish family, Chatsworth and other family estates, and other topics and individuals represented in the Devonshire Collection Archives. It includes books, book chapters, articles, dissertations and theses. Please note that some of the books and articles in the list are no longer in print, and not all theses or dissertations are available online. Chatsworth is unable to lend copies or help in the search for out-of-print publications, although some of the most recent and important books on Chatsworth, the family and other historical figures associated with the estate are available online. Isabel Budleigh University of Oxford August 2020 1 Contents 1. Publications about the Cavendish Family ............................................................................................... 4 2. Publications about Individual Cavendish Family Members .................................................................... 4 a. 1500-1600 ........................................................................................................................................... 5 b. 1600-1700 ........................................................................................................................................... 7 c. 1700 - 1800 ......................................................................................................................................... 8 d. 1800 - 1900 ......................................................................................................................................... 9 e. 1900 onwards ................................................................................................................................... 12 3. Publications about Thomas Hobbes ..................................................................................................... 14 4. Publications about Henry Cavendish .................................................................................................... 15 5. Publications about Elihu Yale ................................................................................................................ 17 6. Publications about Joseph and Sarah Paxton ....................................................................................... 18 7. Publications about other servants and other employees of the family ............................................... 20 8. Publications relating to architects, designers and craftsmen who have worked at Chatsworth (or other family estates) ................................................................................................................................. 21 a. Thomas Archer (1668/9-1743) .......................................................................................................... 21 b. Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown (1716-1783) ......................................................................................... 22 c. Colen Campbell (1676-1729) ............................................................................................................. 23 d. John Carr of York (1723-1807) .......................................................................................................... 23 e. William Kent (1686-1748) ................................................................................................................. 23 f. James Paine (c.1717-1789) ................................................................................................................ 24 g. Humphry Repton (1752-1818) .......................................................................................................... 24 h. William Talman (1650-1719) ............................................................................................................ 24 i. Jeffry Wyatville (1766-1840) .............................................................................................................. 25 j. Samuel Watson (bap. 1662, d. 1715) ................................................................................................. 25 k. Additional .......................................................................................................................................... 25 9. Publications about related families ...................................................................................................... 25 a. Boyle family ....................................................................................................................................... 25 b. Clifford family ................................................................................................................................... 29 c. Savile family ...................................................................................................................................... 31 d. Finch family ....................................................................................................................................... 33 e. Russell family .................................................................................................................................... 33 f. Spencer family ................................................................................................................................... 35 g. Mitford family ................................................................................................................................... 36 10. Other Related Memoirs and Biographies ........................................................................................... 37 11. Thematic Studies ................................................................................................................................. 37 a. 1500-1600 ......................................................................................................................................... 37 b. 1600-1700 ......................................................................................................................................... 38 2 c. 1700-1800 ......................................................................................................................................... 40 d. 1800-1900 ......................................................................................................................................... 41 e. 1900 onwards ................................................................................................................................... 42 f. General .............................................................................................................................................. 43 12. General Country House Studies .......................................................................................................... 43 13. Publications about Chatsworth: House, Garden and Estate .............................................................. 45 a. General .............................................................................................................................................. 45 b. The House ......................................................................................................................................... 46 c. The Garden ........................................................................................................................................ 49 d. The Estate ......................................................................................................................................... 49 14. Publications about Other Cavendish Properties ................................................................................. 50 a. Hardwick Hall and Estate .................................................................................................................. 50 b. Bolton Abbey and Londesborough Hall ............................................................................................ 53 c. Chiswick House and the other London properties ............................................................................ 54 d. Holker Hall and the Lancashire and Cumbrian estates ..................................................................... 57 e. Compton Place and the Sussex estates ............................................................................................ 58 f. Lismore Castle and the Irish estates .................................................................................................. 59 3 1. Publications about the Cavendish Family Barker, Nicolas, et al. The Devonshire Inheritance: Five Centuries of Collecting at Chatsworth. Alexandria, Virginia: Art Services International, 2003. Bickley, Francis Lawrence. The Cavendish Family. London: Constable, 1911. Bunting, Julie. The Earls and Dukes of Devonshire. Ripley: Footprint, 1996. Cannadine, David. “The Landowner as Millionaire: The Finances of the Dukes of Devonshire c.1800- c.1926.” Agricultural History Review 25, no.2 (1 January 1977): 77-97. www.jstor.org/stable/40273888. This article was reprinted in: Cannadine, David. Aspects of Aristocracy: 165-83. New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 1994. Collins, Arthur. Historical Collections of the Noble Families of Cavendishe, Holles, Vere, Harley and Ogle. London: printed for Edward Withers, 1752. Grove, Joseph. The Lives of All the Earls and Dukes of Devonshire… Illustrated with Reflections and Observations on the Most Striking Passages in Each Life: Interspersed